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The use of a load cell for continuous cardiotomy reservoir level measurement during cardiopulmonary bypass

Stewart R Montano

Department of Anaesthesia and Department of Perfusion, St George Hospital, Kogarah, NSW

Richard W Morris

Department of Anaesthesia and Department of Perfusion, St George Hospital, Kogarah, NSW

D Andrew Pybus

Department of Anaesthesia and Department of Perfusion, St George Hospital, Kogarah, NSW

We have examined the use of a 6 kg strain-gauge load cell for the purpose of continuous measurement of cardiotomy reservoir volume during cardiopulmonary bypass. It performed reliably and reproducibly and was found to be simple to interface to an anaesthesia monitor. The resolution of the cell was ±15 ml and the bias and limits of agreement for a series of 221 measurements were +15 ml and 175 ml, respectively.

A continuously available digital level signal can present significant advantages to the perfusionist. The signal can be presented remotely in the form of a bar graph or a digital display, or can be interfaced to an intelligent alarm system which can be triggered on the basis of 'time to expected reservoir exhaustion' rather than absolute reservoir level. The alarm state can also be conveyed in spoken form using speech synthesis. Finally, when recorded by an automatic record keeping system, the reservoir level constitutes an important addition to the perfusion record.

Perfusion, Vol. 11, No. 4, 319-325 (1996)
DOI: 10.1177/026765919601100404
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